International Coalition of Library Consortia

Committee on Institutional Cooperation
CIC
Website: http://www.cic.uiuc.edu

Brief description

The CIC is a consortium of twelve major teaching and research universities in the Midwest. The library projects are but one part of a much larger collaborative enterprise. Members are discussing shared cataloging/storage, but this work would be undertaken by the members-we don't have a centralized cataloging or storage facility.

Legal structure

University supported (voluntary)

Primary functions

• Collections sharing
• Electronic content licensing
• Interlibrary loan/document delivery
• Preservation
• Union lists/shared online catalogs
• Other: The CIC activities encompass the entire spectrum of university and academic activities -- not just libraries

Number and type of member libraries

12, Academic

Additional material/URLs

http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/about.shtml